We had a wonderful time at the Welsh Bafta. It was a perfect night, the glam, the glitz and the jazz…all according to the script: Handsome gentlemen in crisp suits, beautiful women with big hair, photographers trying to get that one perfect shot…
To say that I loved it would be an understatement. You don’t go to the Bafta if you don’t worship Television and the Film industry, if you are not one of those kids with an extremely useful (yeh, right) degree in film studies and media (ermm, like myself) and if you don’t have a Netflix addiction.
Yes, we loved attending Bafta Cymru: from drinking far too much champagne to indulging in the beautiful VIP buffet and cheering for our favourite artists, we had a very special experience and particularly enjoyed the following three things:
- Menna Richards being awarded with OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TELEVISION AWARD and, boy, no one was more deserving.
Her leadership has brought some of UK’s most successful drama productions including Doctor Who, Torchwood, the Sarah Jane Adventures, Sherlock and Upstairs Downstairs to global TV screens. She has made Wales an attractive and successful centre for global TV projects and honestly, we couldn’t be more grateful.
2. Clare Sturges quoting Viola Davis
Clare Sturges reminded us that we are far from having a strong women presence in the industry quoting American actress Viola Davis, who recently gave a powerful acceptance speech at the Emmys) to make sure we work on creating more opportunities for women.
Claire won a Bafta for (BREAKTHROUGH AWARD) Sexwork, Love and Mr Right.
3. Amy Wadge(here with actress Georgia Henshaw) singing Thinking out Loud…
Yes, she’s the Amy behind Ed Sheeran’s “Songs I wrote with Amy” and Thinking out Loud of course. Her faultless performance left us wondering why we don’t get to see her more on stage.
Want to find out more?
Have a look below and find out about the other winners…
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Miss Squiggles
BRITISH ACADEMY CYMRU AWARDS IN 2015:
WINNERS LIST
SIAN PHILLIPS AWARD sponsored by Welsh Government
Recipient: Euros Lyn
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TELEVISION AWARD sponsored by Sony
Recipient: Menna Richards
GWYN ALF WILLIAMS AWARD sponsored by the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales
Recipient: Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr
BREAKTHROUGH AWARD sponsored by HMV
Christian Britten for Fog of Sex: Stories from the Frontline of Student Sex Work – Visual Influence
Clare Sturges for Sexwork, Love and Mr Right
Owen Davis for Gohebwyr: Owen Davis – Cwmni Da / S4C
FEATURE / TELEVISION FEATURE sponsored by Cardiff and Vale College
PRODUCTION TEAM for A Poet in New York – BBC Cymru Wales/Modern Television / BBC Two
PRODUCTION TEAM for Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films Ltd
PRODUCTION TEAM for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
TELEVISION DRAMA sponsored by Access Bookings
PRODUCTION TEAM for Under Milkwood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Gwyll / Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Streic a Fi – Alfresco – a division of Boom Cymru / S4C
ACTRESS sponsored by Access Bookings
Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald in Doctor Who: Kill the Moon – BBC Wales / BBC One
Mali Harries as DI Mared Rhys in Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
Rhian Morgan as Gwen Lloyd in Gwaith/Cartref – Fiction Factory / S4C
ACTOR sponsored by Audi
Richard Harrington as DCI Tom Mathias in Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
Peter Capaldi as the Doctor in Doctor Who: Dark Water – BBC Wales / BBC One
Rhys Ifans as Captain Cat in Dan y Wenallt – fFatti fFilms / S4C
PRESENTER sponsored by Deloitte
Owen Sheers for Dylan Thomas: A Poet’s Guide – Bulb Films, a division of Boom Cymru / BBC Two Wales
Michael Sheen for Michael Sheen: A Valleys Rebellion – Cwmni Da / BBC Two Wales
Rhod Gilbert for RAF Fighter Pilot: Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience – Zipline Creative / Parasol Media / BBC Two
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME (INC. ANIMATION) sponsored by Bluestone
ELERI TINNUCHE for #Fi – Boom Plant / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Llan-ar-goll-en – Cwmni Da/Cynyrchiadau Twt / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Wizards vs Aliens – BBC Cymru Wales / CBBC
COSTUME DESIGN sponsored by St Davids Shopping Centre
SIAN JENKINS for Cara Fi – Touchpaper Television / S4C
TRISHA BIGGAR for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions/Phantom Four Films / FOX
Francisco Rodriguez WeiL for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
CURRENT AFFAIRS sponsored by First Great Western
PRODUCTION TEAM for Week in Week Out: Cardiff to Syria – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Byd ar Bedwar: Y Felan a Fi – ITV Cymru / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Sgwrs: Ysbyty Dan Bwysau – BBC Cymru Wales / S4C
DIRECTOR: FACTUAL sponsored by Capital Law
Marc Evans for Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Fims Ltd
CARYL EBENEZER for Malcolm Allen: Cyfle Arall – Rondo Media / S4C
STEVE FREER for Visions of the Valleys – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
DIRECTOR: FICTION sponsored by Champagne Taittinger
KEVIN ALLEN for Dan y Wenallt – fFatti fFilms / S4C
Pip Broughton & Bethan Jones for Under Milkwood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
ASHLEY WAY for Y Streic a Fi – Alfresco – a division of Boom Cymru / S4C
EDITING sponsored by Gorilla
JOHN RICHARDS for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions/Phantom Four Films / FOX
WILL OSWALD for Doctor Who: Dark Water – BBC Wales / BBC One
JOHN RICHARDS for Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films Ltd
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME sponsored by Manorhaus Ruthin
PRODUCTION TEAM for BBC Young Musician 2014 – The Final – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
PRODUCTION TEAM for Dim Byd – Cwmni Da / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Karl Jenkins – Pencerdd Penclawdd – Rondo Media / S4C
FACTUAL SERIES sponsored by Cardiff Wales Airport
Production team for Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr – Tinopolis / S4C
PAUL ISLWYN THOMAS for Great Welsh Writers: Dannie Abse – Bulb / BBC Two Wales
Production team for RAF Fighter Pilot: Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience – Zipline Creative / Parasol Media / BBC Two
MAKE UP AND HAIR sponsored by Ken Picton and MAC
Juliette Ireland for Caryl a’r Lleill – Alfresco – a division of Boom Cymru / S4C
Jaqueline Fowler for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions, Phantom Four Films / FOX
Andrea Dowdall-Goddard for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
NEWS COVERAGE sponsored by Buzz Magazine
PRODUCTION TEAM for Wales at Six (13/5/2014) – ITV Cymru Wales / ITV
PRODUCTION TEAM for Wales at Six (20/1/2015) – ITV Cymru Wales / ITV
PRODUCTION TEAM for Newyddion 9 – Ymosodiad Paris – BBC Cymru Wales / S4C
ORIGINAL MUSIC sponsored by Access Bookings
RICHARD JAMES for Cara Fi – Touchpaper Television / S4C
MARK THOMAS for Dan y Wenallt – fFatti fFilms / S4C
GRUFF RHYS for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
PHOTOGRAPHY: FACTUAL sponsored by St Davids Hotel and Spa
NATHAN MACKINTOSH for Fisherman: Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience – Zipline Creative / Parasol Media / BBC Two
KEEFA CHAN for Fog of Sex: Stories from the frontline of student sex work – Visual Influence
HAYDN DENMAN for Karl Jenkins: Pencerdd Penclawdd – Rondo Media / S4C
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING sponsored by ELP
Owen McPolin for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions, Phantom Four Films / FOX
Chris Seager for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
Stuart Biddlecombe for TIR – Joio / S4C
PRODUCTION DESIGN sponsored by The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
PHIL WILLIAMS for Crimewatch – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
EDWARD THOMAS for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions, Phantom Four Films / FOX
EDWARD THOMAS for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
SHORT FORM AND ANIMATION sponsored by Aberystwyth University
Production team for Dancing in Circles
Production team for The Homing Bird – It’s My Shout Productions
Production team for The Hunchback in the Park – BBC Cymru Wales Online & Learning / Aardman / BBC NOW
SINGLE DOCUMENTARY sponsored by Genero
PRODUCTION TEAM for Jamie Baulch – Looking for my Birth Mum – Avanti Media / BBC One
PRODUCION TEAM for Malcolm Allen: Cyfle Arall – Rondo Media / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Michael Sheen’s Valleys Rebellion – Cwmni Da / BBC Two Wales
SOUND sponsored by AB Acoustics
Bang Post Production for Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films Ltd
MARK FERDA for Under Milk Wood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Gwyll / Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
SPECIAL AND VISUAL EFFECTS sponsored by University of Wales Trinity Saint David
PRODUCTION TEAM for A Poet in New York – BBC Cymru Wales/Modern Television / BBC Two
PRODUCTION TEAM for Da Vinci’s Demons – Adjacent Productions, Phantom Four Films / FOX
PRODUCTION TEAM for Doctor Who Last Christmas – BBC Wales / BBC One
SPORT AND LIVE OB sponsored by Cardiff Council
PRODUCTION TEAM for Clwb Rygbi: Scarlets v Ospreys – BBC Wales Sport / S4C
PRODUCTION TEAM for Welsh Sports Review 2014 – BBC Wales Sport / BBC Two Wales
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Sioe – Boom Cymru / S4C
TITLES AND GRAPHIC IDENTITY sponsored by AGFX
PRODUCTION TEAM for Doctor Who: Deep Breath – BBC Wales / BBC One
BAIT STUDIO for Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films Ltd
PRODUCTION TEAM for Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
WRITER sponsored by Ethos
PRODUCTION TEAM for Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films /YJB Films/ Ffilm Cymru
ROGER WILLIAMS for TIR – Joio / S4C
GWYNETH LEWIS for Y Streic a Fi – Alfresco: A Division of Boom Cymru / S4C